Socket 370.. heh. Definitely not the fastest.

The Abit KT7A and KT7A -RAID Socket 462 motherboards can run an Athlon XP Barton core 2800+ up to about 2.4Ghz with a modded BIOS and a wire mod (easiest and best) or solder mod to the socket in order to use the higher multipliers.

That will absolutely blow any single socket Tualatin supporting board out of the water.

You're right, I had a bit of tunnel vision really. I didn't even consider a non Intel board.

I should have mentioned too, that I was looking for Windows 98 support as well. Would that motherboard be fine in terms of compatability?

sketchus wrote:

You're right, I had a bit of tunnel vision really. I didn't even consider a non Intel board.

I should have mentioned too, that I was looking for Windows 98 support as well. Would that motherboard be fine in terms of compatability?

Yep, it has good Windows 98 compatibility.

Alrighty, great thanks for that. I will hunt down a KT7A. Would a KT7 be acceptable?

Also, just out of interest, what is the fastest intel board you can get, outside of the industrial boards?

sketchus wrote:

Alrighty, great thanks for that. I will hunt down a KT7A. Would a KT7 be acceptable?

KT7 only officially supports 200MHz FSB, which is 1/4 lower than KT7A's 266MHz FSB.

sketchus wrote:

Also, just out of interest, what is the fastest intel board you can get, outside of the industrial boards?

Boards based on 694T chipset.

Thanks very much.

I've read that the VIA chipsets aren't particularly favourable, but from what I gather the 649T chipset isn't too bad?

nm